5 Directors’ Cameo In Their Own Movies

Making a masterpiece is not always fulfilling to the director - they too want a piece of the action... in front of the camera, we mean. From Dev Anand to Prakash Jha just recently - some directors love to make cameos in their movies. Let's look at the top five.

1. Prakash Jha

For Jha, whose movie 'Satyagraha' is all set to hit the theatres on August 30, doing a cameo was an 'instinctive decision'. He says that the scene in question is a very crucial one - and he just felt like being part of it. The scene has all the big guns of the movie together - and Jha has his cake and eats it too!

2. Madhur Bhandarkar

The man who makes some hard-hitting topical movies - Madhur Bhandarkar also loves to step out from behind the camera and into the front. In his movie 'Fashion', Bhandarkar made a cameo playing himself and doing some research for the very film. Very metatextual, if you ask us, Mr. Bhandarkar!

3. Shekhar Kapur

The director is busy with his current project 'Paani' which is set for a release later this year. In 1994, when he directed the critically acclaimed 'Bandit Queen', he too abandoned the director's seat for sometime when he made a cameo as a lorry driver in the movie. We love our quirky directors.

4. Steven Spielberg

This director also loves making an appearance in his own movies. He has cameos in 'Jaws', 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' and 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'. The director is now busy with the third sequel of the original 'Transformers' movie.

5. Martin Scorsese

We end our list with Martin Scorsese - the director whose cameos are not necessarily onscreen, but have been offscreen voice roles as well. From 'Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull' to 'Hugo' - the man loves to be a part of his cast, besides his crew!

And then there are those who appear in their films almost regularly - like Subhash Ghai, Dev Anand or even Quentin Tarantino.